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What does 1kx invest in?
1kx invests most often at Seed and Venture (88% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Crypto, Onchain and Nfts.
1kx highlights
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8 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 88% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.2M
What they do
1kx is a research-driven global investment firm making trust instant, open, and programmable, with 160+ investments since 2018 across DeFi, stablecoins, and onchain infrastructure.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $5.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- CryptoOnchainNfts
- Based in
- Berlin, Germany
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first49 appearances
- 2026
7 rounds
- Oct
- Jul
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2025
8 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- May
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2024
9 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2023
10 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Sept
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2022
6 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Apr
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration6 named
APAlessandro PalladinoDirector of 1Kx Management Ltd.iForm ADV
CHChristopher HeymannShareholderiForm ADV
HBHenry BrodieDirectoriForm ADV
LCLasse ClausenShareholderiForm ADV
PVPeter Van ZoostDirector of 1Kx Management Ltd.iForm ADV
WJWalter Joseph ReichDirector of 1Kx Management Ltd.iForm ADV
We also hold 9 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$426Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- 1kx Management LTD.
- SEC number
- CRD 319529
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
36 of 60 we have independently watched raise
2018 Infrastructure Arweave2019 Infrastructure Matter2021 Invested Limestone2022 Infrastructure Solana2022 Invested Abstract2022 Invested Igloo2022 Invested JokeDAO2022 Invested Pudgy2022 Invested Relay2023 Invested Caldera2023 Invested IYK2023 Invested Inco2023 Invested Kiln2023 Invested Rhinestone2023 Onchain Finance2024 Invested Fabric2024 Invested Mawari2024 Invested Predicate2024 Invested Transak2024 Invested pod2024 Invested reown2024 Onchain Finance2025 Invested Bluff2025 Invested Camp2025 Invested Gunzilla2025 Invested Kulipa2025 Invested Miden2026 Invested GigglesBlockscoutCurveFlexaFuzzLiquityMakerdaoPolkadotRarible2018 Invested Eco2019 Onchain Finance2020 Invested Covalent2020 Onchain Finance2021 Invested LI.FI2021 Invested Treasure2022 Invested Storyverse2023 Invested Coop2023 Invested Elliptic2023 Invested Impossible2023 Invested Lagrange2023 Invested Ramo2024 Invested Ligero2024 Invested Voya2024 Onchain Finance2025 Invested Decen2025 Invested Moonbirds2026 Invested Kivi3Code4renaCowDaylightModuluslabsNervosNymtechand 3 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.